[ Skylark, yesterday: "Huh, maybe the ritual is just that or something will happen later." Skylark, later that night:
He sure walked right into that one, alright. When he made the offering, he told himself to temper his expectations, and he'd be fine whether or not there was a response (despite also admitting it might feel worse to end up missing his mom more).
It went exactly like how he thought it might if it worked; he saw her again in his sleep. A picnic at the beach, with the sun shining above and the sea sparkling under its radiance. She looked exactly as she did before her health took a turn for the worse as if those months didn't happen.
(Like his past year and a half or so didn't happen, really. Not a scar in sight.)
So he should have known that, predictably, he'd wake up in the morning feeling worse than he did the night before. Also predictably, he spent an extra half hour in his room instead of being up to make breakfast like usual, because he couldn't help crying. He's gotten good at keeping his voice down at least, which is a small mercy he's grateful for since he'd feel worse (x2) if Nico heard him.
Inevitably though, Skylark has to leave his room to get to the bathroom and wash up to make himself look presentable. There's only so much his sleeve can do for that. He knows that Nico is probably awake (because gods know how much sleep he manages to catch), so he just has to pray he makes it there unnoticed so he won't have to explain himself. Surely if he's fast enough he can dodge even the guy who just showed up in the shadows of this apartment one day. ]
Backdated to October TDM
Skylark, later that night:
He sure walked right into that one, alright. When he made the offering, he told himself to temper his expectations, and he'd be fine whether or not there was a response (despite also admitting it might feel worse to end up missing his mom more).
It went exactly like how he thought it might if it worked; he saw her again in his sleep. A picnic at the beach, with the sun shining above and the sea sparkling under its radiance. She looked exactly as she did before her health took a turn for the worse as if those months didn't happen.
(Like his past year and a half or so didn't happen, really. Not a scar in sight.)
So he should have known that, predictably, he'd wake up in the morning feeling worse than he did the night before. Also predictably, he spent an extra half hour in his room instead of being up to make breakfast like usual, because he couldn't help crying. He's gotten good at keeping his voice down at least, which is a small mercy he's grateful for since he'd feel worse (x2) if Nico heard him.
Inevitably though, Skylark has to leave his room to get to the bathroom and wash up to make himself look presentable. There's only so much his sleeve can do for that. He knows that Nico is probably awake (because gods know how much sleep he manages to catch), so he just has to pray he makes it there unnoticed so he won't have to explain himself. Surely if he's fast enough he can dodge even the guy who just showed up in the shadows of this apartment one day. ]